Single-family new house construction building permits: 1  2003: 20 buildings, average cost: $97,500. 2  2004: 42 buildings, average cost: $77,300. 3  2005: 35 buildings, average cost: $88,800. 4  2006: 8 buildings, average cost: $83,600. 5  2007: 15 buildings, average cost: $93,100. 6  2008: 20 buildings, average cost: $89,000.
Fortune has learned some early Uber shareholders did sell stock back to the company earlier this year, including at least one at around the aforementioned $135 per share price (which works out to a valuation just south of $4 billion).
The Many Classes of Google Stock. The price of Google shares is going to be cut in half on Thursday. That is not because the company is worth less than it was. It is because an unusual stock split will take effect. Owners of Google Class A shares â ticker symbol GOOG through Wednesday â will get an equal number of new Class C shares.